My dear friends, this is nothing short of a call to arms. While I always feel very keenly the degree to which I, a middle-class white male, am ever the victim of marginalization and attack, it is during this time of year, xmastime, that the assault on the American way of life is most pronounced. […]
Category: Culture
An Open Letter to Hollywood
Dear Hollywood Elites, We here at Heavy for the Vintage have been watching movies and television for most of our lives and, well, let’s just say we’ve been growing increasingly unhappy about a few things, and I think it’s high time we clear the air about the disturbing trends we have been noticing. Let me […]
Power, Piranha-Style
(By John Terranova) Sometimes animals behave in ways we humans would be wise to mimic. Piranhas, surprisingly, inspire me to recreate human society along their noble model. Let me explain. . . . Full gown piranhas are all of similar size. None get large enough to rule the others. Even as vicious predators “that will […]
On Personal Protest
I remember during the earliest days of the Occupy movement that the media got a kick out of asking the protesters what it was, exactly, that they wanted: “What is your list of specific demands?” And when the pierced and inked twenty-somethings couldn’t answer with succinctness and precision, they were smirked at and condescendingly patted […]